Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium

Sarah S. Zeichner; José C. Aponte; Surjyendu Bhattacharjee; Guannan Dong; Amy E. Hofmann; Jason P. Dworkin; Daniel P. Glavin; Jamie E. Elsila; Heather V. Graham; Hiroshi Naraoka; Yoshinori Takano; Shogo Tachibana; Allison T. Karp; Kliti Grice; Alex I. Holman; Katherine H. Freeman; Hisayoshi Yurimoto; Tomoki Nakamura; Takaaki Noguchi; Ryuji Okazaki; Hikaru Yabuta; Kanako Sakamoto; Toru Yada; Masahiro Nishimura; Aiko Nakato; Akiko Miyazaki; Kasumi Yogata; Masanao Abe; Tatsuaki Okada; Tomohiro Usui; Makoto Yoshikawa; Takanao Saiki; Satoshi Tanaka; Fuyuto Terui; Satoru Nakazawa; Sei Ichiro Watanabe; Yuichi Tsuda; Kenji Hamase; Kazuhiko Fukushima; Dan Aoki; Minako Hashiguchi; Hajime Mita; Yoshito Chikaraishi; Naohiko Ohkouchi; Nanako O. Ogawa; Saburo Sakai; Eric T. Parker; Hannah L. McLain; Francois Regis Orthous-Daunay; Véronique Vuitton; Cédric Wolters; Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin; Norbert Hertkorn; Roland Thissen; Alexander Ruf; Junko Isa; Yasuhiro Oba; Toshiki Koga; Toshihiro Yoshimura; Daisuke Araoka; Haruna Sugahara; Aogu Furusho; Yoshihiro Furukawa; Junken Aoki; Kuniyuki Kano; Shin Ichiro M. Nomura; Kazunori Sasaki; Hajime Sato; Takaaki Yoshikawa; Satoru Tanaka; Mayu Morita; Morihiko Onose; Fumie Kabashima; Kosuke Fujishima; Tomoya Yamazaki; Yuki Kimura; John M. Eiler

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium

Sarah S. Zeichner
, José C. Aponte
, Surjyendu Bhattacharjee
, Guannan Dong
, Amy E. Hofmann
, Jason P. Dworkin
, Daniel P. Glavin
, Jamie E. Elsila
, Heather V. Graham
, Hiroshi Naraoka
, Yoshinori Takano
, Shogo Tachibana
, Allison T. Karp
, Kliti Grice
, Alex I. Holman
, Katherine H. Freeman
, Hisayoshi Yurimoto
, Tomoki Nakamura
, Takaaki Noguchi
, Ryuji Okazaki

Hikaru Yabuta, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, Tomohiro Usui, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takanao Saiki, Satoshi Tanaka, Fuyuto Terui, Satoru Nakazawa, Sei Ichiro Watanabe, Yuichi Tsuda, Kenji Hamase, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Dan Aoki, Minako Hashiguchi, Hajime Mita, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Nanako O. Ogawa, Saburo Sakai, Eric T. Parker, Hannah L. McLain, Francois Regis Orthous-Daunay, Véronique Vuitton, Cédric Wolters, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Norbert Hertkorn, Roland Thissen, Alexander Ruf, Junko Isa, Yasuhiro Oba, Toshiki Koga, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Daisuke Araoka, Haruna Sugahara, Aogu Furusho, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Junken Aoki, Kuniyuki Kano, Shin Ichiro M. Nomura, Kazunori Sasaki, Hajime Sato, Takaaki Yoshikawa, Satoru Tanaka, Mayu Morita, Morihiko Onose, Fumie Kabashima, Kosuke Fujishima, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura, John M. Eiler

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contain ≲20% of the carbon in the interstellar medium. They are potentially produced in circumstellar environments (at temperatures ≳1000 kelvin), by reactions within cold (~10 kelvin) interstellar clouds, or by processing of carbon-rich dust grains. We report isotopic properties of PAHs extracted from samples of the asteroid Ryugu and the meteorite Murchison. The doubly-¹³C substituted compositions (D2×¹³C values) of the PAHs naphthalene, fluoranthene, and pyrene are 9 to 51% higher than values expected for a stochastic distribution of isotopes. The D2×¹³C values are higher than expected if the PAHs formed in a circumstellar environment, but consistent with formation in the interstellar medium. By contrast, the PAHs phenanthrene and anthracene in Ryugu samples have D2×¹³C values consistent with formation by higher-temperature reactions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1411-1416
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	382
Issue number	6677
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg6304
State	Published - Dec 1 2023

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Zeichner, S. S., Aponte, J. C., Bhattacharjee, S., Dong, G., Hofmann, A. E., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Elsila, J. E., Graham, H. V., Naraoka, H., Takano, Y., Tachibana, S., Karp, A. T., Grice, K., Holman, A. I., Freeman, K. H., Yurimoto, H., Nakamura, T., Noguchi, T., ... Eiler, J. M. (2023). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium. Science, 382(6677), 1411-1416. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg6304

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AU - Ruf, Alexander

AU - Isa, Junko

AU - Oba, Yasuhiro

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AU - Furusho, Aogu

AU - Furukawa, Yoshihiro

AU - Aoki, Junken

AU - Kano, Kuniyuki

AU - Nomura, Shin Ichiro M.

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AU - Sato, Hajime

AU - Yoshikawa, Takaaki

AU - Tanaka, Satoru

AU - Morita, Mayu

AU - Onose, Morihiko

AU - Kabashima, Fumie

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